Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone—a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with. 
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction. 
Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. Though it all becomes worthwhilewhen she discovers her co-star is none other than childhood crush Nolan Shaw, an ex-boy band member in desperate need of career rehab. Nolan’s promised his bulldog manager to keep it zipped up on set, and he will if it means he’ll be able to provide a more stable living situation for his sister and mom. 
But things heat up quickly in Christmas Notch, Vermont, when Nolan recognizes his new co-star from her ClosedDoors account (oh yeah, he’s a member). Now Bee and Nolan are sneaking off for quickies on set, keeping their new relationship a secret from the Hope Channel’s execs. Things only get trickier when the reporter who torpedoed Nolan’s singing career comes snooping around—and takes an instant interest in mysterious newcomer Bee. 
And if Bee and Nolan can’t keep their off-camera romance behind the scenes, then this merry little meet cute might end up on the cutting room floor.

A Merry Little Meet Cute: A Novel (A Christmas Notch, 1)

Literature & Fiction

Murphy, Julie

Simone, Sierra

Genre Fiction

Avon

Cowritten by #1&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author Julie Murphy and&nbsp;USA Today&nbsp;bestselling author Sierra Simone--a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy&nbsp;pop star she falls in love with. "The charming holiday romp you absolutely&nbsp;need&nbsp;in your life!"&nbsp;--Tessa Bailey Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn't ask for more. But when Bee's favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he's making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee's career is about to take a more family-friendly direction. Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. Though it all becomes worthwhile&nbsp;when she discovers her co-star is none other than childhood crush Nolan Shaw, an ex-boy band member in desperate need of career rehab. Nolan's promised his bulldog manager to keep it zipped up on set, and he will if it means he'll be able to provide a more stable living situation for his sister and mom. But things heat up quickly in Christmas Notch, Vermont, when Nolan recognizes his new co-star from her ClosedDoors account (oh yeah, he's a member). Now Bee and Nolan are sneaking off for quickies on set, keeping their new relationship a secret from the Hope Channel's execs. Things only get trickier when the reporter who torpedoed Nolan's singing career comes snooping around--and takes an instant interest in mysterious newcomer Bee. And if Bee and Nolan can't keep their off-camera romance behind the scenes, then this merry little meet cute might end up on the cutting room floor.

Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone—a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with. 
“The charming holiday romp you absolutely need in your life!” —Tessa Bailey 
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction. 
Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. Though it all becomes worthwhile when she discovers her co-star is none other than childhood crush Nolan Shaw, an ex-boy band member in desperate need of career rehab. Nolan’s promised his bulldog manager to keep it zipped up on set, and he will if it means he’ll be able to provide a more stable living situation for his sister and mom. 
But things heat up quickly in Christmas Notch, Vermont, when Nolan recognizes his new co-star from her ClosedDoors account (oh yeah, he’s a member). Now Bee and Nolan are sneaking off for quickies on set, keeping their new relationship a secret from the Hope Channel’s execs. Things only get trickier when the reporter who torpedoed Nolan’s singing career comes snooping around—and takes an instant interest in mysterious newcomer Bee. 
And if Bee and Nolan can’t keep their off-camera romance behind the scenes, then this merry little meet cute might end up on the cutting room floor.

Harper Large Print

"A luminous telling of two modern romances, a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory." —Dallas Morning News Guido and Vincent are childhood best friends—third cousins, really—living in Cambridge and dreaming about their futures. Guido plans to write poetry while Vincent feels confident he will win a Nobel prize for physics. When Guido spots Holly while exiting a museum, he can immediately sense that she will be quirky, difficult, and hard to live with. He loves her on sight. Vincent, open-minded and cheerful, meets Misty at work. Though she is a bored and misanthropic brunette, he finds himself desperate to know her. Through courtship, jealousy, estrangement, and other perils, Happy All the Time follows four sane, intelligent, and good-intentioned people who manage to find love in spite of themselves.

Happy All the Time: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

Colwin, Laurie

Humor & Satire

VINTAGE

This Bird Has Flown: A Novel

A delightfully funny and romantic debut novel from Susanna Hoffs, celebrated performer and co-founder of The Bangles, that is "part British romcom, part Jane Eyre, and one hundred percent enjoyable" (Tom Perrotta). Music. Fate. Redemption. Love. Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song--written by&nbsp;world-famous superstar Jonesy--but Jane hasn't had a breakout since.&nbsp;Now she's living out of four garbage bags at her parents' house, reduced to performing to Karaoke tracks in Las&nbsp;Vegas.&nbsp;Rock bottom.&nbsp; &nbsp; But when her longtime&nbsp;manager Pippa sends Jane to London to regroup,&nbsp;she's seated next to an intriguing stranger on the flight--the&nbsp;other&nbsp;Tom Hardy, an elegantly handsome Oxford professor of literature. Jane is instantly smitten by Tom, and soon, truly inspired. But it's not Jane's&nbsp;past&nbsp;alone that&nbsp;haunts her second chance at stardom, and at love. Is Tom all that he seems? And can Jane emerge&nbsp;from the shadow of Jonesy's earlier hit,&nbsp;and into the light of her own? &nbsp; In turns deeply sexy, riotously funny, and utterly joyful,&nbsp;This Bird Has Flown&nbsp;explores love, passion, and the ghosts of our past, and offers a glimpse inside the music business that could only come from beloved songwriter Susanna Hoffs. "In this sexy, page-turning treat, Susanna Hoffs writes as engagingly as she sings." --Helen Fielding, author of the bestselling sensation Bridget Jones's Diary "An addictive medley of music, romance, secrets, and sex." --Tom Perrotta, New York Times bestselling author of The Leftovers &nbsp;

Romance

Hoffs, Susanna

Contemporary

Little, Brown and Company

This delightfully funny and steamy novel about music, fate,&nbsp;and love from beloved songwriter and Bangles&nbsp;co-founder Susanna Hoffs is "a&nbsp;total knockout" and "the smart, ferocious rock-star redemption romance you didn't know you needed" (New York Times Book Review). Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song--written by&nbsp;world-famous superstar Jonesy--but Jane hasn't had a breakout since.&nbsp;Now she's living out of four garbage bags at her parents' house, reduced to performing to Karaoke tracks in Las&nbsp;Vegas.&nbsp;Rock bottom. But when her longtime&nbsp;manager Pippa sends Jane to London to regroup,&nbsp;she's seated next to an intriguing stranger on the flight--the&nbsp;other&nbsp;Tom Hardy, an elegantly handsome Oxford professor of literature. Jane is instantly smitten by Tom, and soon, truly inspired. But it's not Jane's&nbsp;past&nbsp;alone that&nbsp;haunts her second chance at stardom, and at love. Is Tom all that he seems? And can Jane emerge&nbsp;from the shadow of Jonesy's earlier hit,&nbsp;and into the light of her own? In turns deeply sexy, riotously funny, and utterly joyful,&nbsp;This Bird Has Flown&nbsp;explores love, passion, and the ghosts of our past, and offers a glimpse inside the music business that could only come from beloved songwriter Susanna Hoffs. "Clever and entertaining&nbsp;. . .&nbsp;with an insider's feel for the mixed blessings of pop fame&#8203;."&nbsp;--Los Angeles Times "Part British romcom, part Jane Eyre, and one hundred percent enjoyable."--Tom Perrotta "In this sexy, page-turning treat, Susanna Hoffs writes as engagingly as she sings." --Helen Fielding "This isn't just a book, it's a love song, and it should come as no surprise that Susanna Hoffs has crafted the perfect one to put on your playlist." &#8213;Christina Lauren "A sweet and tender romance--and a valentine to music."&nbsp;--NPR "This book is a blast . . . about art and new beginnings and love and friendship and taking risks, it's such a fun read." &#8213;Jasmine Guillory

Back Bay Books

Product Description 
The Instant New York Times Bestseller!As seen on THE VIEW!A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021 When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.\nAs a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.\nThat man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs.\nSuddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope. 
 Review 
An Indie Next Pick!\n"A literary breakthrough… 
The Love Hypothesis is a self-assured debut, and we hypothesize it's just the first bit of greatness we'll see from an author who somehow has the audacity to be both an academic powerhouse and divinely talented novelist."— 
Entertainment Weekly\n“ 
Contemporary romance's unicorn: the elusive marriage of deeply brainy and delightfully escapist... 
The Love Hypothesis has wild commercial appeal but the quieter secret is that there is a specific audience, made up of all of the Olives in the world, who have deeply, ardently waited for this exact book.”—Christina Lauren, 
New York Times bestselling author\n“Funny, sexy and smart, Ali Hazelwood did a terrific job with 
The Love Hypothesis.”—Mariana Zapata, 
New York Times bestselling author\n“This tackles one of my favorite tropes—Grumpy meets Sunshine—in a fun and utterly endearing way...I loved the nods towards fandom and romance novels, and I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended!”—Jessica Clare, 
New York Times bestselling author\n"Pure slow-burning gold with lots of chemistry."—Popsugar\n"A beautifully written romantic comedy with a heroine you will instantly fall in love with, 
The Love Hypothesis is destined to earn a place on your keeper shelf."—Elizabeth Everett, author of 
A Lady's Formula for Love"Smart, witty dialog and a diverse cast of likable secondary characters...A realistic, amusing novel that readers won’t be able to put down."— 
Library Journal, starred review\n"Hilarious and heartwarming, 
The Love Hypothesis is romantic comedy at its best...a perfect amalgamation of sex and science, sure to appeal to readers of Christina Lauren or Abby Jimenez."—Shelf Awareness 
"With whip-smart and endearing characters, snappy prose, and a quirky take on a favorite trope, Hazelwood convincingly navigates the fraught shoals of academia...This smart, sexy contemporary should delight a wide swath of romance lovers."— 
Publishers Weekly 
 About the Author 
Ali Hazelwood is the 
New York Times bestselling author of 
The Love Hypothesis, as well as the writer of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out and the ever after is not always happy. Originally from Italy, she lived in Germany and Japan before moving to the U.S. to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience. She recently became a professor, which absolutely terrifies her. When Ali is not at work, she can be found running, eating cake pops, or watching sci-fi movies with her two feline overlords (and her slightly-less-feline husband). 
 Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 
Chapter One\nHypothesis: When given a choice

The Love Hypothesis

Hazelwood, Ali

Berkley

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo\nNamed a Best Book of Summer by Cosmopolitan * InStyle *PopSugar * Buzzfeed * Bustle * Brit+Co * Parade\n“No one does life and love better.” InStyle 
“Earth-shaking…you will flip for this epic love story.” Cosmopolitan\nIn her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure. On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.\nEmma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma’s second chance at happiness. That is, until Jesse is found. He’s alive, and he’s been trying all these years to come home to her. With a husband and a fiance, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants while trying to protect the ones she loves. But who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly?

One True Loves

Reid, Taylor Jenkins

Parenting & Relationships

Simon & Schuster UK

Based on the available information and the data hitherto collected, my hypothesis is that the further I stay away from love, the better off I will be.\n'Contemporary romance's unicorn: the elusive marriage of deeply brainy and delightfully escapist.' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners\n*\nWhen a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.\nAs a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive on her way to a happily ever after was always going to be tough, scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting woman, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.\nThat man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when he agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire and Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support (and his unyielding abs), their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion.\nOlive soon discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.\nWhat the five star reviews are saying about The Love Hypothesis: 
'Did I read this in 24 hours? Yes.' 
'Funny. Snarky. Intelligent. Real.' 
'If you're even slightly thinking about getting this book to read, just go a head and do it' 
'Adam is just *swoon*' 
'Ali Hazelwood has made herself an auto-buy author' 
'It was just... perfect.' 
'A heroine you will instantly fall in love with'

The Love Hypothesis: The Tiktok sensation and romcom of the year!

Sphere

A 'jewel of romantic comedy' (New York Times) from the late great author, adored by Nigella Lawson, Dolly Alderton, Katherine Heiny and Caroline O'Donoghue.\nIt was just as she suspected: love turned you into perfect mush.\nGUIDO is not in the habit of falling in love with women he sees in museums. Until he meets HOLLY. Precise about everything, she knows what she likes: pressed sheets, oranges (but nothing orange-flavoured), tea on a tray - and now, Guido.\nMeanwhile VINCENT, Guido's eternally cheerful best friend and cousin, falls for his misanthropic new colleague, MISTY. She seems as uninterested in love as she is in Vincent (at first).\nThrough courtship, arguments, wedding plans and other perils, the couples find a way to be happy (almost) all the time.\n'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine Heiny\n'Uplifting, funny, generous. One of the most comforting, clever novels I know' Samantha Ellis\n'Human and humorous, full of wisdom and love' Emma Straub

Happy All the Time (W&N Essentials)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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A Merry Little Meet Cute: A Novel (A Christmas Notch, 1)

A Merry Little Meet Cute: A Novel (A Christmas Notch, 1)

A Merry Little Meet Cute: A Novel (A Christmas Notch, 1)

Happy All the Time: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

This Bird Has Flown: A Novel

This Bird Has Flown: A Novel

The Love Hypothesis

One True Loves

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